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List Of Space Exploration Fatalities Since 1967
February 1, 2003
This is the list of human casualties in the history of space exploration.
- January 27, 1967
- Gus Grissom
- Edward H. White
- Roger B. Chaffee
died when a fire engulfed their command module during a ground test at Kennedy Space Centre.
- April 24, 1967
died when his Soyuz I spacecraft crashed on return to Earth.
- June 29, 1971
- Georgy Dobrovolsky
- Vladislav Volkov
- Viktor Patsayev
died during re-entry of their Soyuz 11 spacecraft. A government investigation said they died 30 minutes before landing because of depressurisation.
- January 28, 1986
- Christa McAuliffe
- Francis "Dick" Scobee
- Michael J. Smith
- Ellison S. Onizuka
- Judith A. Resnik
- Ronald E. McNair
- Gregory B. Jarvis.
died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. McAuliffe was intended to be the first teacher in space.
- February 1, 2003
- William McCool
- Rick Husband
- Michael Anderson
- Kalpana Chawla
- David Brown
- Laurel Clark
- Ilan Ramon
died when space shuttle Columbia broke apart in flames about 203,000 feet over Texas, 16 minutes before it was supposed to touch down in Florida. Ramon was Israel's first astronaut.
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